Catechisms in Old Prussian
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The Catechisms in Old Prussian are 16th-century religious texts that provide the most substantial surviving evidence of the extinct Old Prussian language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century book
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Old Prussian-language text ⓘ religious text collection ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Old Prussian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Old Prussians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Apostles' Creed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord's Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten Commandments NERFINISHED ⓘ basic prayers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Duchy of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentType | printed religious instruction manual ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
lexicon of Old Prussian
ⓘ
morphology of Old Prussian ⓘ phonology of Old Prussian ⓘ syntax of Old Prussian ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Baltic linguistics
ⓘ
Reformation studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| genre | catechism ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | mid-16th century ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Protestant Reformation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Lutheran mission in Prussia ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Martin Luther's Small Catechism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Old Prussian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatusDocumented | extinct language ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian doctrine
ⓘ
Christian ethics ⓘ biblical teaching ⓘ |
| materialForm | printed book ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Königsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| purpose |
Christianization of Old Prussians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ translation of Lutheran catechetical material ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Lutheranism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| significance |
earliest extended texts in Old Prussian
ⓘ
most substantial surviving evidence of the Old Prussian language ⓘ primary source for reconstruction of Old Prussian ⓘ |
| statusInCorpus | largest continuous text corpus in Old Prussian ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| translationOf | German Lutheran catechisms ⓘ |
| usedBy | Lutheran clergy in Prussia ⓘ |
| usedFor | teaching Christian doctrine to Old Prussian speakers ⓘ |
| usedScript | Latin orthography adapted to Old Prussian ⓘ |
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